longing, yearning, craving, SI. letch, lust, appetite, passion, ardor; coveting, cupidity; fancy, weakness, wish.
haphazard, adj. 1. chance, coincidental, arbitrary, random, desultory; fortuitous, serendipitous, aleatory, Inf. fluky; accidental, unintentional, unintended, unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, sudden; stray, incidental, occasional, sporadic, contingent, adventitious.
2. casual, nonchalant, unplanned, careless, hit-or-miss, thrown or slapped together, slapdash, willy-nilly, Inf. scratch; cursory, superficial; unarranged, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, orderless, disordered, disorderly, irregular; unconsidered, uncalculated, unpremeditated, undesigned, unplanned, undirected,aimless.
hapless, adj. luckless, unlucky, out of luck, down on one's luck, unfortunate, fortunateless, unprosperous; ill-fated, star-crossed, cursed, ill-starred, evil-starred, born under an evil star; crossed, hoodooed, Inf. jinxed, Jonahesque; wretched, miserable, unblessed, unhappy, woebegone, forlorn, hopeless.
happen, v. 1. take place, occur, come to pass, come about, come, Archaic, hap, Inf. come off, befall, supervene, betide, chance, Archaic. bechance, Archaic. arrive; transpire, intervene, crop up; become, come into being, appear, fall, materialize, take effect; result, eventuate, turn out, prove; ensue, issue, arise.
2. befall, be one's fortune or misfortune, be one's lot, be the case.
3. discover unexpectedly, chance upon, hit upon, stumble on, meet with; turn up, bring to light, dig up, uncover, unearth.
happening, n. occurrence, event, incident, occasion; affair, Archaic, hap, episode, action; incident, incidence, proceeding; case, matter, circumstance; eventuality, phenomenon, fact; accident, chance, happenstance, casualty, mishap; adventure, venture, experience.
happenstance, n. coincidence, fluke, accident, chance, one in a million, twist of fate, incidental occurrence, unpredictable event; fortuity, serendipity, happening, hazard.
happily, adv. 1. with pleasure, gladly, delightedly, with relish, lief; with open arms, graciously, sincerely, lovingly, devotedly; freely, willingly, agreeably, contentedly, Fr. de bonne grace, Archaic, fain; with zeal, zestfully, enthusiastically, heartily; with all one's heart, with heart and soul.
2. joyfully, joyously, elatedly, gleefully; blithely, buoyantly, light-heartedly; cheerfully, merrily, gaily, mirthfully.
3. luckily, fortunately, as luck would have it, providentially; auspiciously, favorably, propitiously, prosperously.
4. appropriately, opportunely, seasonably, in the nick of time; advantageously, conveniently, expediently; gracefully, skillfully, tactfully; artfully, cleverly.
happiness, n. 1. cheerfulness, gladness, gaiety, gayness; good or high spirits, blitheness, blithesomeness, light-heartedness, buoyancy; joy, delight, pleasure, felicity, bliss; joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, exhilaration, exultation, glee, elation; joviality, merriment, jollity, mirthfulness; jubilance, jubilancy, enjoyment; enchantment, transport, captivation, fascination.
2. paradise, heaven, seventh heaven, Eden, utopia; Elysium, Arcadia, sunshine, halcyon days; beatitude, serenity, peace, eudemonia; gratification, fulfillment, contentment.